Overview
JMIR Publications and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have a contractual agreement. Under this agreement, if the submitting or corresponding author of an article is affiliated with FAU, FAU's Open Access fund may be able to pay 75% of the Article Processing Fee (APF), provided that the authors cannot subsidize their APF with a third-party source of funding.
The remaining 25% of the APF will be paid by the authors. The APF must not exceed 1680 € net (or 2000 € including 19% VAT).
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for the funding, when your article is submitted please make sure that:
- you list either Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) or University of Erlangen–Nuremberg as the submitting or corresponding author's affiliation in the article metadata,
- you include "requesting APF coverage under the Nuremberg-JMIR agreement," in your cover letter when submitting your article, and
- you have applied for funding through FAU (see below).
For the detailed eligibility criteria, please see: FAU Publications Fund. Make sure you meet the eligibility criteria before you apply for funding using FAU's submission form.
Invoice Payment
For eligible papers, FAU will pay the invoice in full and then bill the authors for 25% of the APF (the author contribution fee).
Split Invoices
An invoice cannot be split between the author and the library or any other parties.
Invoice Cap
FAU has a cap of 1680 € net or about 1890 USD (2000 € including 19% VAT). If the invoice exceeds this amount, it is not eligible for FAU funding.
If your article has been accepted or is likely to be accepted in a journal with an APF exceeding this amount, JMIR will consider requests for one-time APF reductions; please contact support@jmir.org.
If you have any JMIR Karma Credits, please apply these to your APF first to lower your APF to the funding threshold. Please note that, because of a system change, the Karma credit program will be put on hold - accruals end on Jul 31, 2022, and redemptions must be made before Oct 31, 2022. Please read the KB article on Karma Credit Sunset for more information.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-funded articles (DFG)
For DFG-funded articles, FAU may be able to contribute up to 1500€ following a similar process to the one outlined above for non-funded articles. For eligibility criteria, please see here: DFG-Project Fund Articles. Note that JMIR Publications offers its own discount for DFG-funded articles (please see here for details).
More information:
- Detailed funding eligibility criteria on FAU's website
- Terms of the agreement on FAU's website (please scroll down to JMIR Publications)
- Submission form for FAU's Open Access Publications Fund
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